EA Play, the subscription service formerly known as EA Access, will finally hit Steam on August 31st.
In a new hubpage on Steam, the service revealed its launch date as well as a selection of the games available to subscribers at launch.
These include titles such as Titanfall 2, Star Wars: Battlefront 2, Battlefield 5, The Sims 4, Dragon Age: Inquisition, Mass Effect 3, and EA Originals such as A Way Out, Sea of Solitude, Unravel, and Fe.
EA Play is the new name of EA Access and Origin Access, after the publisher merged and restarted its services, just last week, renaming its annual E3-related event from EA Play to EA Play Live.
EA Play costs $ 4.99 per month, regardless of platform, and provides access to a library of games, as well as a 10% membership discount on select purchases such as full titles, season passes, and DLC.
The publisher has been collaborating on this announcement in recent months by releasing a wave of titles on Steam – a move that has significantly boosted the company’s earnings over the past quarter.
“Since the time we removed our games from Steam, there has been this dramatic increase in the number of game services that you think would be really good for players,” said EA senior VP Mike Blank last year when the publisher first announced that it would be returning to Steam.
“But I think in many cases, it’s just the opposite. It’s causing more problems for players, and delivering player choice – from my perspective and speaking on behalf of EA – is really critical. It’s an opportunity to make it possible. to make it possible for people to play where they want, to reduce that fragmentation and to make it unmistakable … That fragmentation is really important. It’s the most player-first thing we can do. “
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